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| MTA |
Yet Another Purchase!Made by Roundhouse of Doncaster, this engine is named 'Anna' and is to one of the Merlin Beck designs.It is Gauge 1 (I wish I hadn't sold my LGB track now  ), gas fired and has slip eccentric valve gear.
She blows off at roughly 40psi, and the pressure gauge is in bars, not psi 
I bought her for £240, considering the cylinders along are roughly £100 I think that I got her for a good price. Mechanically as new condition, with little to no wear on the wheel treads. Now, the pictures! 
You can see the dust on the boiler inside the cab can't you!? 
The valve gear. 
The gas tank is hidden inside the dummy water tank, and the regulator is the black plastic disc mounted on the dome, which is also the lubricator! |
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| Mamodman123 |
Looks good MTA! I can't admit i'm a fan of the bigger stuff but must be a good buy at that price 
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| James |
Looks great MTA!
Donny Donny Donny Donny! Na na na na na na! |
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| Les |
Well done. | ||||
| Mamodman123 |
Sit down shut up, Sit down shut up! |
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| Sandman |
Oh nice one Si.
I can see you'll have a lot of fun there mate. Well done. 
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| steamyjim |
Very nice MTA!
I want one! |
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| Graham-Jilly |
Looks great MTA well done mate
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| James |
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| Les |
Are you their one and only supporter? 
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| Minor1PJG |
Ha, ha I thought that too Les.
Great Loco Simon
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| Mamodman123 |
No, you aren't counting the guy behind the counter inside 
two
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| Les |
But they probably have to pay him to be there.
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| MTA |
I got an invite last night to take Anna to a railway
Just got to wait for the railway to be built now
Anna will be the first live steam engine on the line, as the railway is electrified and uses LGB stock. |
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| Minor1PJG |
You did really well with that purchase 
Can't wait to see it running. Will you be taking it to the next GMES meeting?? |
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| MTA |
If we are allowed to use the Garden Railway there, then yes
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| Atticman |
I like that one Si, am trying hard to resist the lure of locos too. Had to laugh at James pic, they are FLOCKING to get the new Donny away strip there
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| andysleigh |
if you get it fully tested then yes. |
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| Graham-Jilly |
james is looking a bit girthy in that picture
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| bessytractor |
ah a Beck Anna, lovely!
theres a good page on Loco of the month regarding this. Apologies if its already been posted. I didn't spot it! Also nice to see a proper loco on your desktop background! http://www.sidestreetbannerworks.com/locos/loco57.html |
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| MTA |
Just run 'Anna' 4 times, and she runs beautifully.
With just a circle of track and no stock she wasn't put through her paces, although I think there is a rather large reserve of power in there somewhere 
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| Minor1PJG |
Looking forward to seeing it run on a track near me
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| Steve_S |
Looks good MTA! | ||||
| MTA |
If the weather improves, I will take a video of her running today
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| MTA |
Which it did, and I have done! I will open a new thread in the Videos board when YouTube has approved it
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| MTA |
I have just taken Anna's cab off to give her a good clean before a running session at a friend of mine's garden railway (Katie will be going as well!) and I was very pleased that the paintwork under the thick dust is in as new condition!
No polishing will be needed there then
The cab came off very easily, I had to undo two self tapping screws (  ), one bolt above the rear coupler and the bolt that secures the gas jet into the brass part on the rear of the boiler.
Just a degrease and some brasso and she will look in tip top condition for the 2nd August
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